Jennifer Botterill

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Jennifer Botterill
OM
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2025
Jennifer Botterill.jpg
Botterill in 2008
Born (1979-05-01) May 1, 1979 (age 46)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 153 lb (69 kg; 10 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Harvard University
Mississauga Aeros
Mississauga Chiefs
Toronto CWHL
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 19972011
Website Official Site
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Torino Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Nagano Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 Finland Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Canada Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 United States Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 Canada Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2005 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2008 China Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2009 Finland Tournament

Jennifer Botterill OM (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for Harvard University, the Canadian national team, the Mississauga Chiefs, and the Toronto Aeros. She entered the ice hockey world after starting in the sport of ringette.

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During her ice hockey career as a player, Botterill assisted on the game-winning goal in her final international game, Canada's 2–0 win over the United States for the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as a studio analyst for Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada telecasts in Canada and as a colour commentator and studio analyst for TNT in the United States.Botterill is set to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2025. [1]

Playing career

Botterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a sports psychologist who has advised NHL teams and works with Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, played hockey and managed the Buffalo Sabres. [2]

She was raised by her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [3] In high school, she attended the National Sport School. [4] Botterill eventually graduated with Honours from St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg. [5]

Botterill graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology (with Honors). On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco, and is a coach at the Toronto Hockey School. [6]

Ringette

Botterill grew up playing ringette in Canada. As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes. [7] [8] [9]

Collegiate

Botterill attended Harvard University and played for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2003. Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points). [10] [11] [12] The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons. [13] She scored at least one point in 112 of her 113 career college games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in U.S. women's college hockey. Botterill set an NCAA record (since tied) for most points in one game with 10. This was accomplished on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College. [14]

Canadian Women's Hockey League

Botterill played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007–08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. [15] She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. In 2008-09, she was a CWHL First Team All-Star.

Botterill retired after the 2010-11 season. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5–0 loss to the Montreal Stars. Despite playing just three seasons in the four-year-old CWHL, she retired as the league's second-best scorer with 160 points (in 79 games from 2007-08 to 2010-11). After winning the Angela James Bowl in 2007-08, she finished third in the league scoring race in both 2008-09 and 2010-11.

International

She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. [16] Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, playing forward. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011. [17] Her last appearance with Team Canada was on February 25, 2010 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Her final point was also on February 25 when, she assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal. [18]

World Championship biography

1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion

2005, 2008, 2009 Silver Medallist

Career statistics

Career statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2009-10. [19]

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99 Harvard University AWCHA 2837518834
1999–00Harvard UniversityAWCHA2331316218
2000–01 Harvard University ECAC Hockey 3042367830
2002–03 Harvard UniversityECAC Hockey32476511214
2003–04 Toronto Aeros NWHL 363031611621232
2004–05 Toronto AerosNWHL292233551861780
2006–07 Mississauga Aeros NWHL2115193414
2007–08 Mississauga Chiefs CWHL 252234562256172
2008–09 Mississauga ChiefsCWHL2825305530
2010–11 Toronto CWHL CWHL251430441241344
CWHL totals78619415564974111

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
1997 Canada 3 Nations Cup Silver medal icon.svg51010
1998 Canada OG Silver medal icon.svg60000
1998Canada U22XmasGold medal icon.svg62350
1999 Canada WC Gold medal icon.svg51340
1999 Canada3 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg53470
2000 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg51562
2000 Canada 4 Nations Cup Gold medal icon.svg43696
2001 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg582104
2001 Canada 3 Nations Cup Gold medal icon.svg42132
2002 CanadaOGGold medal icon.svg53368
2003 Canada4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg41340
2004 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg538110
2005 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg51674
2005 Canada4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg41120
2005CanadaTorino IceGold medal icon.svg33144
2006 CanadaOGGold medal icon.svg51674
2006 Canada4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg41672
2007 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg53252
2007 Canada4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg45272
2008 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg54484
2008 Canada4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg40222
2009 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg55382
U22 totals62350
Senior totals92496811748

Awards and honours

Accomplishments and notes

2006 Order of Manitoba [20]

2000–01 and 2002–03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. Only two-time winner of the Award [21]

2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award – Awarded by the Province of Manitoba (Botterill's mother, Doreen McCannell won the same award 36 years before)

1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance Women's Ice Hockey Champion

1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team [22]

References

  1. "Chara, Thornton, Keith, Mogilny among 8 elected to Hockey Hall of Fame | NHL.com". www.nhl.com. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. "Seattle Kraken name Jason Botterill as new assistant general manager". January 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. "Guest: Jennifer Botterill". George Stromboulopoulos Tonight . Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  4. "Calgary Board of Education - National Sport School". schools.cbe.ab.ca. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  5. "Excel in Life by Jennifer Botterill" . Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  6. "Jennifer & Adrian | michael coombs entertainment". Archived from the original on April 10, 2013.
  7. "Jennifer Botterill | The Times". wellingtontimes.ca. The Wellington Times. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  8. "2023 Jeux du Canada Games". 2023canadagames.ca/sports. Canada Games Council. 2022. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  9. Chris Lomon (February 8, 2019). "'OUR COUNTRY'S OLYMPICS' - A FIRST STEP TOWARDS STARDOM FOR CANADIAN ATHLETES". canadagames.ca. Canada Games Council. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  10. Borzi, Pat (March 24, 2003). "HOCKEY; Minnesota-Duluth Makes It Three Straight". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  11. "Female Athlete of the Year: Botterill Puts Her Teammates First - Sports - The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  12. Urton, Lee (March 23, 2003). "Botterill Claims Second Kazmaier Award | College Hockey". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  13. "NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Records Books - NCAA.org". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  14. "2010 NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  15. "London Hockey Concussion Summit". 29sports.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  16. "Botterill wears genes well". CBC News. March 27, 2001. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  17. "Canada's Botterill retires from women's hockey". Canada: CBC. March 14, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  18. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". www.hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  19. "Canada's National Women's Team: 2009-10 Centralization" (PDF). Team Canada Media Guide. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  20. "Order of Manitoba – Recipient Biographies". Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  21. Kennedy, Ian (June 4, 2023). "Ten Women Who Belong In The Hockey Hall of Fame". The Hockey News. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  22. "American Hockey Coaches Association". www.ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Preceded by
Incumbent
Angela James Bowl
2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Katja Riipi (2000)
IIHF World Women's Championships Best Forward
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
First awarded in 2001
IIHF World Women's Championships Most Valuable Player
2001, 2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ali Brewer (2000)
Patty Kazmaier Award
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Brooke Whitney (2002)
Patty Kazmaier Award
2003
Succeeded by